Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) is not one of the most familiar names in photographic history, but his impact on the field, belatedly recognized, is significant. An optician in Lexington, Kentucky, Meatyard sustained a lifelong interest in visual perception. Well read and deeply connected to a circle of poets and philosophers, he made photographs rich in literary allusion. In his last decade, Meatyard kept returning to the tropes of dolls and masks, often photographing his children posed in abandoned houses and landscapes in the environs of his home.

Dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and founded his own couture house in 1997. Emerging as a designer in the 1970s, he developed his own dress codes that reflected the changing world around him. The openly gay Gaultier uses his designs to tackle gender and transgender issues through androgynous, gender-bending styles, meanwhile delving even further into some of the darker areas of the sexual revolution. Always provocative, he addresses issues of multiculturalism by bringing ethnic diversity to the Paris runway.

The Exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Maison Jean Paul Gaultier. JoliCoeur International is the official supplier of mannequins for the exhibition.

Reservations for the 2016/2017 school year begin July 15, 2016. Requests are processed in the order received.

Docent-led Tours

Guided tours are for 4th-12th grades and Self Guided tours are K-12th grades.

Guided tours are offered November 8, 2016–May 16, 2017.

Guided school group tours are available Tuesdays at 9:45 am and 11 am.

A minimum of eight weeks advance notice is required for guided tours.

Guided tours are free.

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Guided school group tours are available Friday at 9:45 am or 11 am.

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Groups are not scheduled on the first free Tuesday of every month nor during Bouquets to Art week (April 25 to 30, 2017).

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The audio tour highlights works in the permanent collection at the de Young.
Audio tours are $6 per student OR $3 per student for shared players. Complimentary players are provided for one chaperone per 10 students.

General Guidelines

In an era of modern and postmodern art that is often concerned with expressing its essential qualities of flatness and depthlessness, some artists engaged in making prints at fine arts presses have headed in a different direction. Rather than embrace the smooth, flat finish that can be achieved through print processes like screenprinting and lithography, these artists have manipulated the dimensionality of their works on paper, literally pushing their paper surfaces to new heights.